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Altmar Man Charged In Meth Bust

On January 9, the Oswego City Police Department’s Anti-Crime Team, with the assistance of the Oswego County Drug Task Force and New York State Police Contaminated Crime Scene Emergency Response Team, executed a search warrant at 116 E. Eleventh St. Apartment #2, Oswego. The search warrant was issued as a result of an investigation into the alleged production of methamphetamine at that location, police said.

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4-Year-Old Killed In House Fire in Hastings

Troopers responded to the residence at 11:05 p.m. Sunday for a report of a structure fire with possible entrapment. When troopers arrived at the residence, the house was fully engulfed in flames and were met by Lisa A. Carr, who stated her 4-year-old son, Randy L. Halsdorf, was unaccounted for and possibly trapped in a back bedroom.

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Foreign Sailors entering the Fort Ontario chapel-synagogue during United Nations Week, 1943. (Photo courtesy of Yale University.)
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Holocaust Remembrance Day To Be Observed Jan. 27 at Fort Ontario

On Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. Shannon Cilento will deliver an illustrated lecture on the history of the World War II post chapel – synagogue at Fort Ontario State Historic Site. The event is free and open to the public and will be held in the Enlisted Men’s Barracks inside the old stone fort. Plenty of free parking will be provided.

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Wireless Phone Customers Reminded To Sign Up for Hyper-Reach Emergency Notifications

Oswego County residents who would like to receive emergency notifications through their wireless phones are reminded to sign up for the Hyper-Reach Broadcast Notification Service through Oswego County’s E 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Department. E 9-1-1 uses Hyper-Reach, which is capable of sending a message to targeted households at a rate of 10,000 telephone numbers per hour, to notify residents of community alerts and local emergencies.

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6-Year-Old Boy Killed in Richland Accident

THIS JUST IN: At approximately 12:40 p.m., a 2002 Dodge Durango was traveling westbound on County Route 2 when 6-year-old Amish boy, identified as Jonathan L. Swartzentruber, entered the roadway after his hat was blown off his head from a wind gust. The driver attempted to take evasive action but is unable to avoid striking the boy.

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Oswego Fire Department First Assistant Chief Retires

The Oswego City Fire Department announces the retirement of First Assistant Fire Chief Donald T. Dowd II. Dowd was appointed as a firefighter on June 19, 1989, by Mayor John T. Sullivan Jr. He rose quickly through the officer ranks and was appointed Lieutenant on June 23, 1996 and Captain on December 2, 2007.

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